That are the most important people for the sporting goods industry – Page 141
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Craig Stevenson will leave Quiksilver, where he is serving as...
Craig Stevenson will leave Quiksilver, where he is serving as global brand president and chief operating officer, after the end of its financial year next Oct. 31. The announcement of his departure comes six weeks after the appointment of Andy Mooney as president and chief executive of the group. Meanwhile, ...
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Johnson Outdoors has created new positions in its Johnson Outdoors...
Johnson Outdoors has created new positions in its Johnson Outdoors Gear (JOG) and Watercraft divisions. Aside from two regional appointments for the U.S. market, Johnson has named Chris Lussier senior regional and international sales manager for JOG and the newly acquired Jetboil brand. Lussier, a former vice president for sales ...
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Effective April 1, Salewa Sportgeräte, the German subsidiary of the...
Effective April 1, Salewa Sportgeräte, the German subsidiary of the Italian outdoor company, will be transferred into a newly created company called Oberalp Deutschland, acting as a subsidiary of the Bolzano-based Oberalp Group. In the new company, all activities around the group's own brands, Salewa, Dynafit, Silvretta, Pomoca and Wild Country, ...
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Rick Alden, the 48-year-old entrepreneur who founded Skullcandy in 2003,...
Rick Alden, the 48-year-old entrepreneur who founded Skullcandy in 2003, is returning to his former position as chief executive of the American publicly quoted audio and headphone company. He had left the post in March 2011. The change of management follows the resignation of Jeremy Andrus, former president and CEO, ...
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Lululemon, the fast-growing Canadian-based marketer of yoga-inspired apparel, has added...
Lululemon, the fast-growing Canadian-based marketer of yoga-inspired apparel, has added Robert Bensoussan to its board of directors to help increase its international focus, which has been so far limited for the most part to the U.S. The company's management indicated at a recent conference for investors that it is planning ...
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SGI Europe already reported exclusively a few weeks ago on...
SGI Europe already reported exclusively a few weeks ago on the appointment of Matthias Baümer, former general manager of Puma Germany, at the helm of a new regional unit covering Germany, Austria and Switzerland (DACH). This is one of the seven regional units formed by Puma in Europe as part ...
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Asics' Austrian subsidiary has revamped its organization to strengthen its...
Asics' Austrian subsidiary has revamped its organization to strengthen its market position in the country and to work more effectively with its retail customers. Lorenz Staudinger, who worked in both sales and purchasing of local sporting goods retailers, will be in charge of the key accounts ? Sport Eybl & ...
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+++ Jen Bak-Holder, a former consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers, has replaced...
+++ Jen Bak-Holder, a former consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers, has replaced Thomas Otto Rohold as investor relations manager at IC Companys, parent of Peak Performance +++ Christian Bahr, who has worked for Puma and New Balance, has been appointed European sales manager of On Running, the fast-growing Swiss brand of running ...
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Snowgoose has become the distributor of Trespass in the Netherlands....
Snowgoose has become the distributor of Trespass in the Netherlands. The company, headed by Marcel Koomen, is strongly established in the outdoor and ski markets as the former Dutch distributor of Haglöfs, La Sportiva and Dale of Norway, among others. Snowgoose temporarily halted its activities two years ago, when Haglöfs ...
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Technolyt in the Netherlands has become the distributor of Original...
Technolyt in the Netherlands has become the distributor of Original Buff for the Benelux countries. The Dutch company already sells several brands of outdoor accessories, including Nathan, Timex, Sea to Summit, Bynolyt and Zeiss. The Spanish brand was previously distributed in both the Netherlands and Belgium by R.A. Company, which ...
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Profile Design, the Californian specialty brand for triathlon equipment such...
Profile Design, the Californian specialty brand for triathlon equipment such as wetsuits, bike parts and tires, has entered the markets of Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg through a distributor. The Action Sports company is based in Welkenraedt, Belgium, and is run by Andreas Tubes and Dany Vogts. Action Sports carries ...
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Cober, an Italian manufacturer of ski, trekking and nordic walking...
Cober, an Italian manufacturer of ski, trekking and nordic walking poles, has appointed Vinicio Rossi to the new position of commercial director, responsible for domestic and foreign markets. For Cober, which has been working on an OEM basis for big companies such as Décathlon, Head and Elan, the move signals ...
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Colmar has a new distributor in France. The products of...
Colmar has a new distributor in France. The products of the Italian brand, including its skiwear, streetwear, golfwear and beachwear, will now be distributed by Sunset Sport, which is already the distributor for France of such brands as Elan, Uvex, Swix and Montana. Sunset Sport is to replace the Shiele ...
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Sport Partner reports that TCK Sports Group, a Dutch company...
Sport Partner reports that TCK Sports Group, a Dutch company that distributes a flurry of sports and outdoor brands, from Lowa to Deuter, Tecnica, Arena and many more, is taking over all the employees and the brands distributed by the Belgian firm Amigo Sport. This business encompasses the distribution of ...
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Dale of Norway, the Scandinavian specialty manufacturer of knitwear, is...
Dale of Norway, the Scandinavian specialty manufacturer of knitwear, is making inroads into the Russian market, where it has picked a distributor that also handles brands such as Icebreaker, Hanwag, Fjällräven, Tierra, Rossignol, Kästle, Sea to Summit and Eagle Creek. Based in Moscow, NordSport will start distributing Dale in the ...
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Tom Knight has stopped working for JD Sports Fashion as...
Tom Knight has stopped working for JD Sports Fashion as a consultant for the start-up of its new JD Pro format, in order to pursue new interests. Knight worked as chief executive of JJB Sports for five years, before its subsequent demise. He was replaced in 2007 by Chris Ronnie, who ...
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Marcos Garzo, vice president and general manager of Nike Iberia,...
Marcos Garzo, vice president and general manager of Nike Iberia, sees his responsibilities extended to the Italian market, where he is taking the place of Andrea Rossi, the longtime Italian country manager of the Swoosh. Garzo will work in Italy with his sales manager for Spain and Portugal, Ignacio Serrat, ...
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Jean-Pierre Gingembre will represent Groupe Go Sport in the negotiations...
Jean-Pierre Gingembre will represent Groupe Go Sport in the negotiations of Sports Trade Marketing International (STMI), according to a report in sport-guide.com. He will replace Benoit Verdier, who left STMI at the end of January to work for another international group outside of the sports sector. Gingembre joined Go Sport in ...
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Spyder Active Sports has made internal promotions. J.J. Collier is...
Spyder Active Sports has made internal promotions. J.J. Collier is elevated to the position of senior vice president of product and design. Russ Rowan has become senior vice president of marketing and sales for North America.
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Just a few weeks after his departure from the top...
Just a few weeks after his departure from the top of Puma's European operations, Sergio Bucher has been appointed head of apparel at Amazon Europe. Bucher has been in the apparel and sporting goods industry since 1987 in various positions with DuPont (then owner of Invista and various brands of man-made fibers such ...
